Mediaite reports:
Sarah Palin returned to Elio’s restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper East Side Wednesday night — just two days after testing positive for Covid-19. As seen in photos obtained by Mediaite, the former Alaska governor, who is unvaccinated, dined at the establishment in a heated outdoor area on Wednesday.
She dined at the same eatery on Saturday, but indoors, in violation of New York City’s dining vaccine mandate. The city requires restaurants to verify the vaccination status of its customers for indoor dining.
A spokesperson reached out to Mediaite with a statement from Elio’s manager Luca Guaitolini, who said Palin came to the restaurant to apologize.
The New York Post reports:
A staffer at the Italian eatery was dismissive of the incident when reached by The Post. “S– happens! People come to eat, we are not the border police,” a worker said. Asymptomatic people who test positive should quarantine for five days and can only reemerge in public after testing negative under CDC guidelines.
Restaurants in New York City are required to check for proof of vaccination before allowing patrons to dine indoors. Palin has said she would only get inoculated “over my dead body.”
“I will not do it. I won’t do it, and they better not touch my kids, either,” she told radio host Charlie Kirk in December 2019.
Instead of being in quarantine, watch selfish Sarah Palin spew the COVID virus all over fellow diners and restaurant staff. The rules, and common decency, don’t apply to her. pic.twitter.com/VpuRUmDkdN
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 27, 2022
Elio’s, where Sarah Palin dined on Saturday in Manhattan, confirmed that it let her in despite a city Covid vaccine mandate. The restaurant said it did not check vaccine cards for regulars and that Palin, who later tested positive, joined a longtime guest. https://t.co/gEtr7SHeRl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 25, 2022
Sarah Palin is caught dining at swanky NYC restaurant two days after she tested POSITIVE for Covid https://t.co/HWgErXVghc pic.twitter.com/46X8f6UgIz
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) January 27, 2022